Software Process and Measurement Cast

The Software Process and Measurement Cast provides a forum to explore the varied world of software process improvement and measurement. The SPaMCast covers topics that deal the challenges how work is done in information technology organizations as they grow and evolve. The show combines commentaries, interviews and your feedback to serve up ideas, options, opinions, advice and even occasionally facts.

The Software Process and
Measurement Cast 423 builds on our interview from last week
with Philip Lew. This week we lead with a discussion of
measuring quality. Quality is related to risk, productivity
and customer satisfaction.

Next Jeremy Berriault brings his
QA Corner to the Cast to discuss the impact of certifications in
software testing. Want a bit of foreshadowing? The
answer is not cut and dry. Visit Jermey’s new blog athttps://jberria.wordpress.com/

The Software Sensei, Kim Pries ,
answers a question he was recently asked by one his students, “why
do we have so many computer languages?” This a question I have
often asked, usually when I have to learn the basics of a new
language.Reach out to Kim
onLinkedIn.

Jon M Quigley, brings his
column, the Alpha and Omega of Product Development to the cast.
In this installment,
the 2nd in a 3 part series on configuration management, Jon
continues the cycle of configuration management which begins with
requirements and travels across the whole lifecycle.One of the places you can find Jon
is atValue Transformation LLC.

Re-Read Saturday News

In this week’s re-read ofThe Five Dysfunctions of a
Team by
Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass, Copyright 2002, 33rd printing), we
talk about two sections,An Overview of the ModelandTeam Assessment. There are two more weeks left before moving
to the next book. If you are new to the re-read series buya copyand go back to week one and read
along!

The Software Process and
Measurement Cast 424 will post on New Year’s Day. SPaMCAST
424 will feature our interview with Penny Pullan. Penny
returns to the SPaMCAST to discuss her new bookVirtual Leadership: Practical
Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual
Teams. Virtual
teams are the norm in today’s business environment. We need to
learn the best ways to maximize the value from distributed teams.
Penny sets a really high barto begin the year!